Clan Ross Association of Canada

EVENTS FOR 2008/2009

January 1, 2008: MEMBERSHIP DUES ($15) (or US$21 to cover US postage) FOR THE CLAN ROSS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ARE NOW DUE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP STATUS. DONATIONS FOR NATIONAL PROJECTS MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED. THE WEBMASTER WOULD BE PLEASED TO ENDORSE YOUR APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION.

January 25: ROBBIE BURNS DAY . . . Recommended dress at dinners is Highland formal wear (or jacket and black tie). Watch for local plans.

January 17, 2009: Winnipeg, MB. Burns Dinner. Fort Garry Hotel in the intimate lower level Club Room. Cocktails commence at 6:00. Dress: Highland Formal, or jacket and tie. Tickets are $55.00. Contact Denis Fletcher (204-257-7511)

January 23, 2009: Toronto, ON. Traditional Burns Supper. Reception at 6:00 PM and Dinner at 7:00 PM. Toronto Granite Club. Dress: Highland Formal, Black Tie or Business Suit. $80 per person (tables of 8 or 10). Tickets from Gordon Hepburn (416-881-5780) of The Scottish Studies Society. Website.

January 25, 2009: Toronto, ON. Celebration of Robert Burns at the Royal Ontario Museum. 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Website for Information.

February 7, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Band of The Irish Guards and Pipes & Drums, and dancers of The Royal Regiment of Scotland. Roy Thomson Hall. For tickets call (416)872-4255.

February 20, 2010: Winnipeg, MB. 17th Annual Winnipeg Scottish Festival. Convention Centre. Website

March 11 - 15, 2009: Vancouver, BC. CeltFest Vancouver. Website Will return in 2011 due to 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games.

April 6: Canada celebrates TARTAN DAY on the anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath (April 6th, 1320) to honour the contributions of its Scottish descendants. CLICK HERE for facts about the origins of Tartan Day and a list of all Scot of the Year Awards presented by the Scottish Studies Society.

April 10, 2010: Hoffman Estates, IL. 6th AnnualHeartland International Tattoo Music & Dance Festival USA. Sears Centre Arena. Contact Jacki or Jennifer at 1-815-758-1263

April 16, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Tartan Day Celebration Dinner (6:30-9:30pm) will be held at the (Granite Club, 2350 Bayview Ave.). The 18th "Scot of the Year Award" will be presented at this event. This year's recipient will be Richard Wernham B.A. LL.B in recognition of his role in supporting cultural and educational activities in Canada. Attendance will be limited to approximately 250 guests. Further information may be obtained at the Scottish Studies Foundation Website. This is a MAJOR fundraising event for the Scottish Studies Foundation.

May 22, 2010: Courtenay, BC. 15th Annual Comox Valley Highland Games at Lewis Park. Info: (250)338-0363. Website

May 22 - 23, 2010: Victoria, BC. 147th Victoria Highland Games &Celtic Fest, Bullen Park in Esquimalt (250)598-1531 evenings and (250)598-8961 daytime. Website

May 16, 2009: Moose Jaw, SK. Moose Jaw Highland Games. at Crescent Park Website [See Also: Regina Highland Games.]

May 29 - 31, 2009: Perth-Andover, NB. Gathering of the Scots Festival at Baird's Memorial Campground. (506)273-6710. Website

June 5-6, 2010: North Bay, ON. Celtfest in Champlain Park. Website

June 12 - 13, 2010: Hamilton, ON. 19th Annual International Military Tattoo 7:30 PM & 2:30 PM respectively at Copps Coliseum (905)523-1753. Website

June 9 - 10, 2006: Brockville, ON. 6th Annual Celtic Festival at St. Lawrence Park (613)341-8864. Website

June 9, 2007: Delta, BC. 19th Sons of Scotland Games. (604)435-0764. Website [SOUND]

June 12, 2010: Georgetown, ON. 35th Georgetown Highland Games at the Gathering Place. Website

June 20, 2009: Chatham, ON. Unveiling of a plaque at Freedom Park commemorating the work of Dr. Alexander Milton Ross, a founder of the "Underground Railroad". Tour of the WISH Centre (177 King Street East) and a presentation about Dr. A. M. Ross. See Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society website. See also the coverage of this Ontario Project by the Clan Ross Association of Canada, Incorporated.

June 19, 2010: Squamish, BC. BC Legion Highland Gathering. For further information visit Website

June 19, 2010: Selkirk, MB. Manitoba Highland Gathering at Selkirk City Park. Contact Roger Stagg at: 204-339-3487. Website

June 20 - 21, 2008: Sarnia, ON. 24th Sarnia Supreme Highland Games. Hiawatha Horse Park. For further information visit the Website.

June 21, 2008: Spencerville, ON. Veterans' Memorial Highland Games. Website

June 26, 2010: Red Deer, AB. 63rd Annual Red Deer Highland Games. Westerner Altaplex. (403)343-6418. Website

June 27 - 29, 2008: Summerside, PE. Summerside Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival. College of Piping. (902)436-5377. Website

June 27 - 28, 2008: Ancaster, ON. Hamilton Highland Games & Scottish Festival. Website

June 26, 2010: Cobourg, ON. 45th Annual Cobourg Highland Games Festival. Donegan Park, D'Arcy Street South. Website

June 26, 2010: Coquitlam, BC. 79th British Columbia Highland Games and Scottish Festival. Percy Perry Stadium (formerly Coquitlam Town Centre Stadium). Held on last Saturday every June. Phone: 604-263-9111. Website

2011: Nova Scotia. International Gathering of the Clans & Celts. The Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia website will be carrying information about this event.

July 1, 2007: Embro, ON (near Woodstock). Zorra Caledonia Highland Games. West Zorra Community Centre. (519)475-4171. Email . . . Website

July 1 - 5, 2006: Calgary, AB. Scotdance Canada Championships. Website

July 1 - 8, 2010: Halifax, NS. The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo. Halifax Metro Centre. Tickets: Phone 902-451-1221. Website

July 7, 2007: Penticton, BC. 31st Annual Penticton Highland Games. Kings Park. (250)493-1257. Website CANCELLED

July 2 - 7, 2006: Vancouver, BC. The championship Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. The PHSD will have piping, drumming, fiddling and Highland Dancing. More information may be found at this Website.

July 2 - 4, 2010: Kincardine, ON. 11th annual Kincardine Scottish Festival & Highland Games. Victoria Park. Toll Free: 888-232-7952. Website

July 4 - 11, 2010: Antigonish, NS. - 147th Antigonish Highland Games. Columbus Field. Phone: 902-863-4275 or Email. Website

July 17, 2010: Halifax, NS. Halifax Highland Games and Scottish Festival. 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Dartmouth Common. Admission: Adults $12 Students & Seniors $10. Website

July 11-13, 2008: Iona, Cape Breton Island, NS. 48th Anniversary Gathering of Clan Ross Canada. Highland Heights Inn. See Website Link for registration, general outline of events, and details about reservations. Printouts and other handy information are available online. [Check the the association newsletters as well.]

July 10, 2010: Haliburton Village, ON. Haliburton Highland Games at Head Lake Park (705)457-3543. Website

July 14, 2007: Chatham, ON. 18th Annual Tartan Sertoma Chatham-Kent Supreme Highland Games. Downtown Techumseh Park. Admission $8 per person (Children under 10 free). Contact: Ruth McNeil at 519-352-8737 or Gary Dick at 519-352-9550. Website

July 17 - 18, 2010: Orillia, ON. The 34th Annual Orillia Scottish Festival. Couchiching Beach Park. Friday night Ceilidh at the Legion. Saturday parade to the Park. Phone: (705)325-8442). Website

July 16-18, 2010: Niagara Falls, ON. 50th Anniversary Gathering of the Clan Ross Association of Canada, Inc. Host Hotel: Best Western Fallsview. Come prepared for fun, food, entertainment and interesting historical tours. See the clan newsletter and our Clan Ross Canada website for registration information.

July 16 - 17, 2010: Cambridge, ON. 34th Annual Cambridge Highland Games at Churchill Park. Phone: 519-241-4906. Website

July 21, 2007: Edmonton, AB. Fort Edmonton Highland Games. (403)962-8476.

July 24 - 25, 2010: Uxbridge, ON. 16th Annual Highlands of Durham Games. Elgin Park in Uxbridge. (905)852-0112. Website

July 23 - 25, 2010: Fredericton, NB. 28th Annual New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival. Old Government House. Phone: 506-452-9244. Website

July 24, 2010: Kingston, ON. Fort Henry Tattoo. Website and Fees

July 30-31, 2010: Maxville, ON. Glengarry Highland Games. Agricultural Grounds. 1-888-298-1666. Website

July 30 - August 9, 2010: Goderich, ON. 19th Annual Celtic Roots Festival. Lion's Harbour Park, West Street. (519)524-8221. Website

August 1, 2010: Montréal, QC. 34th Montréal Scottish Festival & Highland Games. George Springate Sports Centre. Phone: 514-332-5242. Website

August 2, 2008: Iona, NS. Highland Village Day. Located in Iona, Cape Breton Island. Phone: 902-725-2272Website. email

August 8 - 14, 2010: Winnipeg, MB. Pavilion of Scotland . . . Folklorama. New Location: Glenwood Community Centre. Website. email

August 13 - 15, 2010: Fergus, ON. 65th Fergus Scottish Festival and Premier North American Highland Games. Fergus Community Centre. Phone: 519-787-0099. Website THE CLAN ROSS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA IS THE FEATURED CLAN THIS YEAR DURING OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY SINCE FOUNDING.

August 13 - 15, 2010: Pictou, NS. 23rd Ship Hector Festival Phone: 902-485-8848. Website

August 12 -13, 2009: Tain, Scotland. Programme by the Tain and District Museum for hosting members of Clan Ross during their celebrations. CLICK HERE for further information. NOT PLANNED FOR VISITING NORTH AMERICAN MEMBERS OF CLAN ROSS

August 21, 2010: Almonte, ON. 26th North Lanark Highland Games at the North Lanark Agricultural Society fairgrounds. (613)256-2064 ext. 221. Website

September 10 - 17, 2010: Quebec, QC. 5th Quebec City Celtic Festival. Website. email

September 4, 2010: Calgary, AB. Calgary Highland Games. Foothills Athletic Park. (403)280-9670. Website .

September 5, 2010: Canmore, AB. 20th Annual Canmore Highland Games. Centennial Park. (403)678-9454. Website. email

September 5, 2010: Toronto, ON. 19th Annual Scottish Cruise aboard the Sailing Ship "Empire Sandy". Times: 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM from pier 27 at Queen's Quay West harbourfront. Celebrate the voyage of the Ship Hector. Further information at the Scottish Studies Society see Website for details.

September 9, 2006: Fort Erie, ON. Fort Erie Celtic Festival (formerly Loch Sloy Highland Games & Friendship Festiva)l. Old Fort Erie. (905)894-8905.

September 10, 2006: Trenton, ON. Scottish/Irish Festival. Information: 613-392-2841.

September 13, 2009: Toronto, ON. The 6th Beach Celtic Festival at Kew Gardens. Phone Toll Free: 1-888-699-1549 Website email

September 22, 2009: New York, NY. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM Website . . . CLICK HERE for further information.

September 26, 2009: Newmarket, ON. Ceilidh. The Crow's Nest. 115 Prospect Street. 6:00 PM with dinner & Haggis at 7:00 PM. Cost:$21.00 St. Andrews Scottish Dance Trio. RSVP Ian Munro 905-607-1439 or email

October 3, 2009: Oakville, ON. Fall Gathering and AGM of the St. Andrew's Society of Toronto. MacLachlan College. Contact Ian MacLachlan. Phone: (905) 849-6691 or email.

October 3, 2009: Truro, NS. 3rd Annual Provincial Scottish Dinner & Dance with the support of the Scottish Society of Colchester and the St Andrew's Society of Pictou. Best Western Glengarry Convention Centre, 150 Willow Street. Website of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia. Tickets $25. Children under 10, $10. RSVP no later than September 30th

October 4, 2009: Toronto, ON. Visit the Cairn of the St. Andrew's Society of Toronto at the Yonge Street gates of Mount Pleasant Cemetery. After the ceremony, guests will join the Society at the Granite Brewery (Mount Pleasant Road & Eglinton Avenue).

October 7 - 10, 2009: Winterthur, Delaware, USA. TransAtlantic Crafts. Scottish painting, furniture, weapons, cabinets, carpets, silverware, glass, antiques. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Fellows/students $250. non-Fellows $300. Phone: 0131-247-4133. Website Email

October 15, 2009: Toronto, ON. As part of the Premiers' Gravesites Programme, Heritage Ontario will unveil a plaque to Sir George William Ross, fifth Premier of Ontario (1899-1905) at 2:00 PM in the Visitation Centre of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Sir George Ross also convened the first meeting of Clan Ross in America in 1912 including members from both Canada and the USA, but that association ceased during World War One.

October 8 -16, 2010: Cape Breton Island, NS. 13th Celtic Colours International Festival in various communities throughout Cape Breton. Phone: 1-877-285-2321. Website

October 24, 2009: Toronto, ON. The Music of Lady Nairne, an evening of Scottish music and dance. Rosedale Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Contact David Hunter by phone: 1-877-285-2321 or Email. For further details see the Scottish Studies Foundation.

November 6 - 8, 2009: Tucson, AZ. Clan Ross Association of the United States AGM. Tucson Celtic Festival & Highland Games. Rillito Raceway Park 4502 N First Avenue, Tucson. Website.

November , 2009: Québec, QC. The 78th Fraser Highlanders of Fort Saint Andrews, Québec, will celebrate their Scottish patron-saint at Québec High School on Rue Belvédère at 6:00 P.M. Tickets ($30 each) limited to 60 persons (first come basis). Contact: Marc Lestage 418-843-1967.

November 7, 2009: Truro, NS. Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Scottish Clans. Held at 1:00 PM in the Community Room of the Colchester-East Hants Public Library. Donations of Sandwiches and sweets are always welcome. Email Tom Wallace, President. Website of FSCNS.

November 27, 2010: Toronto, ON. St. Andrew's Ball, co-sponsored by the 48th Highlanders and the St. Andrew's Society of Toronto. Held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Tickets: $125. Reception begins at 6:00 PM. Phone: (416)449-8070 or email. Website

November 29, 2009: Toronto, ON. CASSOC Assembly Meeting. 1:30 PM North York Central Library. 5120 Yonge Street. Phone: (905)989-6381 or email. Website

November 30: ST. ANDREW'S DAY. Scots around the world celebrate this day to honour the Patron Saint of Scotland. The Scottish Saltire of St. Andrew is a diagonal white cross on an azure blue background. Traditionally, Advent begins on the Sunday nearest St. Andrew's Day and lasts from 21 to 28 days. The Order of St. Andrew or the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle is an order of Knighthood established by King James VIII of Scotland, and it is restricted to the King or Queen and sixteen others.

December 1, 2010: The 50th ANNIVERSARY of The CLAN ROSS ASSOCIATION Of CANADA in terms of its continuous existence since the meeting of "revitalized founders" in Montreal on December 1, 1960, the day after St. Andrew's Day. Help us to celebrate our 49th Anniversary by encouraging someone within the names and families of Clan Ross to become a member.

December 27 - 30, 2008: Toronto, ON. Preparing for Hogmanay. Gibson House . . . 5172 Yonge Street at Park Home Avenue (between Sheppard and Finch Avenue) from noon to 5 PM. Event Hotline: 416-395-7432. Adult: $4.25 Senior & Youth: $2.75 Child (to 12): $2.25 A First Footing with entertainment & haggis. 8 to 10:30 PM on December 29 and 30. Reserved Tickets: $20 in advance. [Check other links on the same webpage for several events as early as November 26.]

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SCOTTISH EVENTS:
[A] Canadian Bagpipe Links has Highland Games & Festivals & Gatherings listed in a very complete menu, province by province.

NOTES:
1. Although every effort is made to present accurate information, you are advised to telephone or contact the organizers prior to the events. [Some non-Canadian events may be presented in a GREEN font.]

2. Activities involving Clan Ross - Canada will be highlighted in RED.

3. A few websites include SOUND. The webmaster of this site believes that our visitors should be forewarned ... in case you visit during the wee hours when everyone else in the house is fast asleep.

4. I shall give short shrift to all offensive websites which are brought to my attention. For example, the pop-up advertisements of Yahoo!GeoCities are a blight on the internet landscape ... just as intrusive billboards spoil a scenic highway. This form of SPAM requires an apology. I do apologize, but I also give notice that links to such websites are being removed from our Events Page.

5. Special recognition will be given for Scottish Festivals and Highland Games where there are activities directed towards the involvement of children. Let us know!